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Lemon Dessert Sauce

Name: Lemon Dessert Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 1 cup.
Ingredients: 2 large eggs; 3/4 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons butter; 1/2 cup lemon juice; 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest; Angel food or pound cake

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Total Time

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Makes

1 cup

Updated: Jun. 27, 2023

While this sauce makes a wonderful topping for angel food cake, it's also great as a glazed for roasted chicken with some thyme or rosemary...or swirled in to a homemade cheesecake.—Connie Jurvevich, Atmore, Alabama

Lemon Dessert Sauce Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

2 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
Angel food or pound cake

Directions

In the top of a double boiler, beat eggs and sugar. Stir in butter, lemon juice and zest. Cook over simmering water for 10-12 minutes or until mixture reaches 160° and is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Refrigerate for up to 1 week. Serve chilled over the cake.

Nutrition Facts

1/4 cup: 241 calories, 8g fat (4g saturated fat), 122mg cholesterol, 90mg sodium, 41g carbohydrate (38g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.

Lemon Dessert Sauce

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